Watchmen
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: March 6, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
56
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 39 Critic Reviews
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19
Mixed:
14
Negative:
6
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38
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
The appeal of the film version, such as it is, relates almost entirely to eye-for-an-eye, severed-limb-for-a-limb vengeance, two hours and 41 minutes of it, with just enough solemnity to make anyone who thought "The Dark Knight" was a little gassy think twice about which superhero myth THEY'RE calling gassy. Read full review
38
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
The film's storytelling and image-making lack originality and vitality. Nothing sticks to your memory unless you come in with recollections of the book. Read full review
30
New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein
This kind of reverence kills what it seeks to preserve. The movie is embalmed. Read full review
20
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
Snyder and writers David Hayter and Alex Tse never find a reason for those unfamiliar with the graphic novel to care about any of this nonsense. And it is nonsense. Read full review
20
The New YorkerAnthony Lane
The problem is that Snyder, following Moore, is so insanely aroused by the look of vengeance, and by the stylized application of physical power, that the film ends up twice as fascistic as the forces it wishes to lampoon. Read full review
20
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
Elegance isn't Zack Snyder's bag; a certain sort of impact is. Watchmen establishes him as Hollywood's reigning master of psychic suffocation. Read full review
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